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NCLEX Nutrition
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nursing
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health-fitness-nutrition
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?
apple is higher risk than a pear
pregnant women or elderly
protein and fat
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
2. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?
TPN total parenteral nutrition
cream cheese - cream or butter
vitamin K
low albumin levels < 3.4
3. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
18-25
hemorrhage
2.5 cups
4. How much sodium may be consumed per day?
trans fatty acid
one tspn salt or less
hemorrhage
cream cheese - cream or butter
5. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy
milk - enriched grains
protein
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
hemorrhage
6. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?
5.5 ounces/day
500 cal/day
4 calories/gram
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
7. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins
TPN total parenteral nutrition
fat soluble vitamins
protein
atrophy or wasting of muscle
8. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?
carrots and sweet potatoes
TPN total parenteral nutrition
fats
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
9. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value
prealbumin levels
protein
liver and intestinal synthesis
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
10. How much grains are to be eaten per day?
protein
starches - sugars - and cellulose
fat soluble vitamins
6 oz. a day
11. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?
milk - enriched grains
prealbumin levels
hemorrhage
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
12. What is the function of vitamin C?
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
fats
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
13. What orange vegetables are good to eat?
carrots and sweet potatoes
2 cups
day week or month
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
14. The higher the BMR a client has --
protein
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
atrophy or wasting of muscle
can consume more calories without weight gain
15. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?
protein and fat
300 cal/day increase
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
cream cheese - cream or butter
16. What function is vitamin D?
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
18-25
17. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?
5.5 ounces/day
300 cal/day increase
hemoglobin
one tspn salt or less
18. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this
one tspn salt or less
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
review of systems
atrophy or wasting of muscle
19. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?
starches - sugars - and cellulose
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
20. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?
B and C
4 calories/gram
cream cheese - cream or butter
500 cal/day
21. What is the function of vitamin E?
starches - sugars - and cellulose
TPN total parenteral nutrition
dietary approach to stop hypertension
antioxidant - immune function
22. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?
decrease in total lymphocyte count
milk - enriched grains
300 cal/day increase
vitamin C - citrus fruits
23. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet
prealbumin levels
dietary approach to stop hypertension
essential amino acids
dairy and fortified foods
24. What foods have high quality protein?
2.5 cups
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
protein
antioxidant - immune function
25. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?
vitamin K
hemoglobin
can consume more calories without weight gain
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
26. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value
decrease in total lymphocyte count
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
liver and intestinal synthesis
27. What is normal BMI?
2.5 cups
18-25
2 cups
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
28. What is normal albumin levels?
protein
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
29. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?
hemorrhage
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
4 calories/gram
starches - sugars - and cellulose
30. What does DASH stand for?
dietary approach to stop hypertension
dairy and fortified foods
hemoglobin
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
31. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?
essential amino acids
cream cheese - cream or butter
one tspn salt or less
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
32. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?
albumin levels
2 cups
trans fatty acid
decrease in total lymphocyte count
33. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency
review of systems
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
34. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies
low albumin levels < 3.4
protein
fat soluble vitamins
TPN total parenteral nutrition
35. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?
B and C
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
dark green - orange - drybeans
2 cups
36. When does BMR decrease?
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
liver and intestinal synthesis
atrophy or wasting of muscle
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
37. How much meat/beans should be eaten?
starches - sugars - and cellulose
albumin levels
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
5.5 ounces/day
38. Sources of fats
3 cups
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
39. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems
low albumin levels < 3.4
atrophy or wasting of muscle
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
prealbumin levels
40. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?
review of systems
one week period
fats
protein and fat
41. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram
atrophy or wasting of muscle
fats
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
42. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease
prealbumin levels
albumin levels
apple is higher risk than a pear
5.5 ounces/day
43. How much more calories are needed for lactation?
protein
500 cal/day
prealbumin levels
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
44. What function is vitamin A?
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
300 cal/day increase
2 cups
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
45. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?
5.5 ounces/day
prealbumin levels
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
hemorrhage
46. Fats can lead to some medical problems
fats
protein and fat
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
diet recall
47. Where can you get more vitamin D?
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
dairy and fortified foods
trans fatty acid
vitamin K
48. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy
protein and fat
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
3 cups
can consume more calories without weight gain
49. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?
atrophy or wasting of muscle
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
protein
50. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?
essential amino acids
cream cheese - cream or butter
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition